September Latest News

Maryland court affirms traditional marriage--Judges 'decline to recognize sexual orientation as an immutable trait'
'Homosexuals say only they benefit from hate crimes laws'--Activists deny attack on ex-'gay,' even though police confirm it happened
New Study Finds Christian Counseling Effectively Assists Leaving Homosexual Life-Style--Study also finds leaving the lifestyle not psychologically harmful
'Gay-friendly' companies up 41%--Marriott, Macy's, Mastercard, Yahoo! join annual list
Homosexual-rights group's 'perfect' corporations--195 U.S. businesses recognized for benefiting 'lesbian, gays, bisexual, transgender' employees

PTA Ontario Liberal Premier McGuinty Boasts of Legalizing Homosexual 'Marriage'--Frequently touts his Catholic faith and comfortable with acting and speaking against Church moral teachings
Ontario Politics: Neither Conservative Leader Tory nor NDP Leader Object to Gay Sex in Public
PTA endorses demand to show 'gays' positively--Supports law banning content reflecting adversely on homosexuality
Researchers Say Sexual Orientation Can Change
Police Brutality Videotaped at Belgian 9/11 Peaceful Demonstration Against "Islamization of Europe"--Pro-life, pro-family politicians of Flemish independence party especially targeted
Court Forces Michigan High School to Give Bible Club Same Benefits as Gay Club
So Much for 10% Gay: New Statistics Show Homosexual Couples Represent only 0.6% of All Couples in Canada--Legal marriage in general losing popularity, especially in Quebec; single person residences increasing the most
California Senate OKs 'gay' marriage--Vote substitutes 'two persons' for 'man and wife' in state law
Investigative Panel: "Gay" Status Helped Couple Get Away with Sexually Abusing Foster Children--Blame laid squarely on culture of political correctness among British civil authorities
US House Begins Hearing on Homosexual Non-Discrimination Act--Act Would Discriminate Against Religious Organizations
Christian academies can reject 'gays'--Lawyers say state 'cannot unreasonably interfere with philosophies'
Parents ask court to stop 'gay' indoctrination--'They refuse to teach child's right not to embrace homosexuality'
Gay Activists, the Real Bullies
Thousands of Spanish Families Boycott Homosexual Indoctrination Program--Whole Provinces and Schools Declare their Unwillingness to Teach the Material
Prominent UK Tory Politician Says Support for Civil Unions "Insults Intelligence" of British--Critical of Tory leader Cameron's attempt to shift party to left and re-brand it as "heirs to Blair"
Prominent UK Tory Politician Says Support for Civil Unions "Insults Intelligence" of British--Critical of Tory leader Cameron's attempt to shift party to left and re-brand it as "heirs to Blair"
Russian Court Upholds Moscow Ban on Gay Pride Parade
The Story Stalls Here--By Robert Knight
Brazilian Gay Groups Launch Multiple Lawsuits to Silence Christian Opposition--Flurry of Lawsuits is Attempt to Prevent Criticism of Homosexual Movement

GAYS ASSAULT EX-GAYS AT COUNTY FAIR

Arlington, VA (Aug. 28, 2007) -- Last week Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) exhibited at the Arlington County Fair in Arlington, Virginia. PFOX has exhibited at this county fair for the past four years and hands out materials on same-sex attraction and tolerance for the ex-gay community to a hungry public. A local gay group also exhibits there and distributes materials on gay rights.

As happens every year, gay activists disrupted our booth activities. They screamed obscenities, threw our materials from the exhibit table to the ground, insisted we recognize their same-sex “spouses,” demanded that PFOX leave, and hit a PFOX volunteer because he is ex-gay.

When we explained that the county’s sexual orientation law allows both the gay booth and our ex-gay booth to exhibit, the unhappy gays insisted that sexual orientation laws on hate crimes and discrimination do not apply to ex-gays -- only gays -- and no tolerance should be extended to former homosexuals.

All the gays who stopped by our booth that week insisted that no one could change their sexual orientation from gay to straight, although they knew of people who had changed in mid-life from heterosexual to a gay lifestyle or had changed their gender.

The gays became infuriated when our ex-gay volunteers testified about leaving homosexuality. They adamantly refused to accept the ex-gays’ sexual orientation. One gay man went so far as to hit our ex-gay volunteer because he refused to recant his ex-gay testimony. We summoned a police officer, who ejected the gay man off of the fairgrounds. Our ex-gay volunteer decided not to press assault charges against the gay man because he wanted to turn the other check as Jesus had done.

This is not the first year that PFOX has had to summon the police for protection from gay activists. Although the gays have their own exhibit booth, they steadfastly refuse to accept the presence of an ex-gay booth or support equal access. Also disturbing is that several of the gays identified themselves as educators who would ensure that our teen materials do not reach schoolchildren as gay materials do.

From years of exhibiting at public events across the country, PFOX has learned:

Leaving homosexuality is like leaving a cult – many gay activists feel betrayed by ex-gays and hate anyone who supports self-determination when it comes to the ex-gay community. Although God gave us free will to choose our own lives, whether good or bad choices, gay activists would take free will away from us and force ex-gays back into the closet.

Gay activists fear factual information that PFOX makes available to teens. Gay activists have had a monopoly over our youth for so long that they resent any competing information and label anything contrary to their pro-gay ideology as “dangerous” to youth.

Gay activists do not support hate crimes or sexual orientation anti-discrimination laws if those laws include ex-gays. “Hate crimes” is another word for hate against ex-gays while protecting gays. Therefore, we must work to ensure that all sexual orientation laws at any level specifically include former homosexuals or be eliminated altogether as discriminatory.

PFOX is the only organization distributing ex-gay educational literature to the public, including public schools. We are the only ex-gay organization almost everywhere we go. Almost every day we are on the front lines suffering harassment and injustices merely because we demand our equal rights.

The public eats up our information because they have never been exposed to factual truth about same-sex attractions. Teens especially are eager for our educational literature. But our brochures and flyers cost money to print. We also have to pay for exhibit fees and travel. If you would like to help with costs, please make a tax deductible donation to:

Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays
PFOX
Box 561, Fort Belvoir VA 22060
703-360-2225

Or donate online by Paypal at http://www.pfox.org/donate.htm

August Latest News

Marriage under Gov. Schwarzenegger’s gun in California
'Gay' lessons violate civil rights, man says--Case of dad handcuffed and jailed for objecting moves to appeals court
Gay Sex in Public a Major Health Risk ~ Naugle Calls on Homosexuals to Stem the Spread of HIV
Twenty Priests Defrocked over Opposition to Sodomy
CNN’s Senior Political Correspondent’s Whopper on Homosexuality
Uganda: ABC Aids Strategy is the Way to Go

Lawyers have told the Roman Catholic Church that it cannot sack a Catholic headmaster who has entered a civil partnership with a male teacher
N.J. ministry sues to prevent state from forcing church to violate its religious beliefs
Syphilis Cases Increasing in New York City, Could Fuel Increase in HIV Cases
About face: VA school district says it won't snub ex-'gay' group
School Calendar Drops 'History' Months After 'Gay' Flap
'Hate crimes' charge doesn't require 'hate'--Judge: Victim's homosexuality enough to seek higher penalty
Firefighters forced to join in 'Gay Pride' parade--File lawsuit against city after enduring 3 hours of lewd remarks, gestures
Christian mayor rejects 'gay pride' flag--Knows decision unpopular but says he must abide by Bible
Christian mayor rejects 'gay pride' flag--Knows decision unpopular but says he must abide by Bible
Myths and Misconceptions about Behavioral Genetics and Homosexuality
Further Splits in the Anglican Communion Over Gay Ordinations